IAS Vinod Kumar, 5 others convicted in ORHDC scam

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KalingaTV News Network

Bhubaneswar: IAS officer and former Managing Director of Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), Vinod Kumar was convicted by a special vigilance court here on Tuesday in connection with financial irregularities in the corporation to the tune of Rs 55 lakh.

Apart from the Odisha cadre IAS officer, five others – Sanjay Mohanty, Purna Chandra Das, Pradip Kumar Rout, Chitta Ranjan Mohanty and Ashish Kumar Nayak – were also found guilty by the court.

Among all the six accused only Sanjay Mohanty, assistant manager of ORHDC, appeared before the court today. He was sentenced to nine years jail. Besides, the court imposed Rs 75,000 penalty on him.

Similarly, the court issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against the five absentees including the IAS officer, who now posted as officer on special duty (OSD) in the Higher Education Department.

Notably, the Vigilance had registered a case against Kumar and the five employees of the corporation for their alleged involvement in the financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 55 lakh in 2000.

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